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The gorgeous, haunting painting on this site is "Devil's Due: Meltdown at Diablo Canyon" by Mark Byran, used with permission. Thank you Mr. Bryan.

What if we could close the dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear plant by pledging to stop paying our PG&E bills?

Diablo Canyon is Our Fukushima Waiting to Happen

The last remaining California nuke, with two nuclear reactors and no cooling towers, sits on the California coast, in the vicinity of 13 earthquake faults and in a tsunami zone. Sounds like Fukushima, doesn't it? Dr. Michael Peck, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resident inspector at Diablo for 5 years, recommended closing the plant in 2013 because its critical backup systems won't withstand a major earthquake! Closing Diablo is urgent!

Millions of citizens live downwind from the Diablo nuke plant-- San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Pismo Beach, Ojai, Los Angeles-- but we are ALL in danger of a nuclear meltdown at Diablo. Radioactivity travels-- the whole Western United States and beyond is at risk of contamination. Diablo isn't just a tremendous human health hazard, it's a threat to the entire economy of the State of California. For the sake of our children and other species whose fragile lives are in our hands, we are organizing this "Ratepayer Revolt".

Our message to PG&E is CLOSE DIABLO NOW!

PG&E Ratepayer RevoltJoin the “PG&E Ratepayer Revolt: Shut Diablo Now!" with potentially thousands of other PG&E customers who pledge to stop paying PG&E until they shut Diablo. To pledge, go the the eventbrite website http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pge-ratepayer-revolt-close-diablo-now-tickets-13863428889 (or just google "ratepayer revolt") click "Register", enter your name and email, and order a free ticket for yourself. You'll join many other fine citizens who are pledging for a safe energy future. Then watch for a welcome email inviting you to join a listserve for sharing information to make this campaign succeed!

How the "PG&E Ratepayer Revolt" works

PG&E customers are pledging to stop paying their PG&E bills until PG&E closes Diablo Canyon. PG&E customers include renters and everyone in areas served by PG&E. We are ALL PG&E customers; a portion of the cost of everything we buy--every cup of coffee, groceries-- and all services and activities that use energy results in paying PG&E for energy. It's all passed along to us, the customers of this monopoly corporation. (Except solar energy users who are "off the grid")

When 100 people have pledged, or in mid-January, whichever is sooner, we will activate the revolt and begin sending our PG&E payments to an escrow account, managed carefully by the Golden Gate Chapter of Codepink Women for Peace. We have a preliminary legal opinion that this revolt plan is legal and are seeking further confirmation of its legality. But regardless, we will pledge now to divert our money to an escrow account rather than pay PG&E any longer for the nuclear danger posed by the Diablo Canyon plant.

To pledge simply click on "Register" to order a "free ticket" at the eventbrite site. There is no risk and no obligation to pledge. After we activate the revolt, or at any point someone wants to withdraw their pledge or their money from the escrow account, we will issue a check within 5 days of their request -- or sooner if urgent-- no questions asked. PG&E may threaten to cut off power. There may be a situation-- such as a medical condition, or when an elder or young children are involved-- where someone simply cannot risk losing power. That's okay! Some of us are willing to risk having our power cut off in order to close Diablo now. This in an emergency situation; loosing power is a small price to pay for saving the lives of our children, our economy, and our future. For more information: codepinkcp@gmail.com.

Radioactive waste is not secure, and there is no safe, workable plan for disposal.

California generates 35% more energy than it uses: only 8.5% of that excess is produced by Diablo, the last remaining nuke in California. ( San Onofre "nuke" near San Diego closed last year.) Clearly nuclear power isn't a necessary part of the mix of energy available to Californians. Instead let’s conserve energy, and transition to solar and other safe, clean energy technology available right now.

Diablo is a nation's worst nightmare in terms of potential terrorism. Anyone could fly a drone over the plant from land or sea and target the reactors with a missle.

The California Public Utilities Commission is neglecting to protect us from Diablo's dangers. They need to look into Dr. Peck's 2013 recommendation to close the plant. PG&E showed criminal negligence in the San Bruno disaster, ignoring serious problems for years to avoid spending money on required repairs, putting profits above customer safety. CPUC Chair Michael Peevey, a former PG&E employee, recently resigned after coming under fire for illegally helping PG&E find a favorable judge in the San Bruno disaster settlement, among many accusations of unethical and illegal behavior. Over 12,000 CREDO activists have signed a petition asking California Attorney General Kamala Harris to investigate and indict Peevey for colluding with the very companies he was supposed to regulate.

SLO Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, World Business Academy, Codepink, EON, and others are working together to close Diablo. David Crosby (CSNY) said at our October 26 "Shut the Devil's Nukes" press conference in San Luis Obispo that the law of averages and inevitability of human error point to certain disaster at Diablo. David has personally pledged generously, including using his connections in the music world, to close Diablo.